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| Type | Publiccommunity college |
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| Established | 1946 |
Parent institution | Contra Costa Community College District |
| Chancellor | Mojdeh Mehdizadeh |
| President | Kimberly R. Rogers |
| Students | 9,995[1] |
| Location | ,, 37°58′01″N122°20′36″W / 37.966937°N 122.343256°W /37.966937; -122.343256 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | Midnight Blue |
Sporting affiliations | Bay Valley Conference |
| Mascot | Comets |
| Website | www.contracosta.edu |
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Contra Costa College is apubliccommunity college inSan Pablo,California,United States. It is the west campus of theContra Costa Community College District. It is part of the California community colleges system, one of the three college systems in California.
The college was founded asWest Contra Costa Junior College in 1949, with the first classes held in the spring of 1950 at a temporary location in the shutteredKaiser Shipyards inRichmond, California.[2] In 1957, a permanent campus was opened on Mission Bell Drive in downtown San Pablo.
The college is flanked byAbella Center to the south.
| Race and ethnicity | Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic | 49% | |
| African American | 13% | |
| Asian | 13% | |
| White | 11% | |
| Multiracial | 6% | |
| Filipino | 5% | |
| Unknown | 2% | |
| Pacific Islander | 1% | |
The college campus is also home toMiddle College High School, whose students take college classes in addition to regular high school courses. The high school is part of theWest Contra Costa Unified School District. The current principal is Finy Prak.
The campus has three places that serve food. Pronto is an inexpensive restaurant that serves food prepared by culinary students. Aquaterra Grill is a high-end, sit-in restaurant. Brix is a moderately priced cafe that serves lunch-time classics.
The Advocate is astudent newspaper published at Contra Costa College. The paper is published weekly during the school year and has a circulation of approximately 2,500. An online edition, "cccadvocate," is also published.
The Advocate has won 14Associated Collegiate PressNational Pacemaker Awards since 1990. The newspaper was inducted into the ACP Hall of Fame in 1996, and has been cited by ACP officials as being one of the best examples of small-college journalism.[4]
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